Classy move by JetBlue

[MikeD]

[ the great "@TheWife vs. @MikeD" grudge match from years ago.

Name the time and place, I'll bring the boxing gloves and handle ticket sales!

Classic!

 

[Seggy]

The sad part is this was about a good deed by a company. Go figure.

Good deeds occur all the time by airlines.

 

[DeltaAlphaNovember]

Just another reason never to apply to JetBlew.

 

[Boris Badenov]

Just another reason never to apply to JetBlew.

Sorry, I missed the latest reason. Could you specify? Surely it's not that this corporation gave out free tickets to the bereaved? That would be absurd.

 

[A Life Aloft]

So are you saying that if someone states their opinion that does not agree with what the gays have to say, they will be banned or post deleted??

Ummm.......Who exactly are "the gays"?

Just another reason never to apply to JetBlew.

Excuse me??

 

[derg]

So are you saying that if someone states their opinion that does not agree with what the gays have to say, they will be banned or post deleted??

Not at all. Where did you get this impression?

 

[Stone Cold]

Good deeds occur all the time by airlines.

Lol. Are there always threads about said good deeds? This is more about the other discussion than yours but yours was classy as always considering the circumstances.

With that, I'm out of this one. Enjoy.

Cheers.

 

[Boris Badenov]

Ummm.......Who exactly are "the gays"?

Don't be coy, ALA. You know They all have the same Homosechschual Agender. Something about sapping and impurifying all of our bodily fluids. Right, Mandrake?

 

[🦈💜]

Pilots aren't the only employees, my furry friend.

bark...?

 

[🦈💜]

... bark ..??!! What the hay?

-Fox

 

[Maximilian_Jenius]

Which gays? Do "They" all say the same things? I mean other than "HELLLOOOOOOOOO"? I'll give you that one.

The wild twink species, in their natural habitat can be often heard saying things like. "Heeeeeey gurl, heeeey? "Yo stuff is on fleek." "Yaaaaaaasssssssssss." And excessively use the word slay or a word combination, like: slay bitch. Or this "_____" gives me/gave me life.

Right @ASpilot2be

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

An airline similar to JetBlue I'm familiar with is donating $10k to the GoFundMe account for this tragedy.

 

[PhilosopherPilot]

Just another reason never to apply to JetBlew.

Good. There for a second I thought you were one of the hypocrites who would pretend to be whatever you needed to be to get hired, then spend the next 20 years complaining and making everyone around them miserable.

Thanks for saving us the trouble!

 

[ShortField]

Just another reason never to apply to JetBlew.

What airlines would you apply to then?

 

[PhilosopherPilot]

So it's perfectly okay to make all the gay pride comments you want, but a straight guy/gal who has an opinion that is different will be ridiculed? That is real classy.

So these are serious questions, and I would love answers.

1. Do you walk around openly disagreeing with people about integration or the civil rights movement of the 1960s?

2. Would you expect to "disagree" with someone about something racially insensitive and not get (at the very least) the cold shoulder?




(Sorry for allowing this guy to derail the thread, but I feel that his attitude is worth engaging. As someone in Orlando and someone with close friends in the LGBT community, I do not want to give anyone even an inch of slack on this subject. People like him often hide behind the claim that "everyone is entitled to their opinion." Well, that's simply not true.)

http://theconversation.com/no-youre-not-entitled-to-your-opinion-9978

(An excerpt)

So what does it mean to be “entitled” to an opinion?

If “Everyone’s entitled to their opinion” just means no-one has the right to stop people thinking and saying whatever they want, then the statement is true, but fairly trivial. No one can stop you saying that vaccines cause autism, no matter how many times that claim has been disproven.

But if ‘entitled to an opinion’ means ‘entitled to have your views treated as serious candidates for the truth’ then it’s pretty clearly false. And this too is a distinction that tends to get blurred.

So yeah, you can come up on a pilot forum and say you think airplanes are held aloft by fuzzy pink unicorns, but don't expect to be taken seriously and expect to not be ridiculed. Good night.

 

[Baronman]

An airline similar to JetBlue I'm familiar with is donating $10k to the GoFundMe account for this tragedy.

That's a nice gesture as well. Right out of the gate JB additionally made a $100K donation, the email says "We're working with the City of Orlando, the LGBQT community...to identify our beneficiaries."

 

[Burrito]

Perhaps it's time for another song now?

How about...

Another one bites the dust
And another one gone
And another one gone
Another one bites the dust

I'm startin' with the man in the mirr-ah
I'm askin' him to change his wayyzzzz
And no message coulda been any clear-ah
If ya-wanna-make-the-world-a-bett-a-place-
Takealookat ya-self- and make-a- CHANGE!

 

[Avgirl]

Where's the popcorn? I have a feeling this is going to get interesting...

The sad part is this was about a good deed by a company. Go figure.

That is the sad part. I would hope that if a member of this forum was affected by something like the Orlando shooting that people would step up and do what was right. Not derail a good cause and turn it into a debate with a slew of hypocritical comments. It's the 21st century. Isn't it time to grow up and accept people regardless of their sexual orientation, etc.?

Although JetBlue has pledged money in addition to the tickets, I am not sure that was necessary with how generous they have already been, but it is still very cool of them.

 

[Hacker15e]

Before you all fire up the torches for the witch hunt, just remember that true tolerance and enlightenment is tolerant of ALL views and opinions, even (especially) if you do not personally agree with those viewpoints.

 

[Avgirl]

In my personal estimation (boilerplate duly given), Seggy has a point on this one. It's probably true that someone (likely a lot of someones) in management in Jet Blue cares about the people caught up in this disgusting act. It's equally true that the Companies, themselves, are incapable of caring about anyone or anything. You can like and appreciate the culture, or the constituent parts, or the pretty colors, or whatever. But a publicly traded company exists to make money. Be loyal to human beings, or ideas, or some sense of the inherent nobility and incorruptibility of mankind in the abstract. Don't be loyal to a brand, or let yourself be persuaded that one "cares" more than the others.

Absolutely false. There are many examples of companies partnering causes that are truly near and dear and not simply tax deductions or filling a quota for the annual report section on community service. Especially when it comes to social causes like this. This isn't sponsorship of a building, this is the support of a community that they welcome with open arms and is not a revenue opportunity. Sure, they will see benefits from this, but they pledged their support too quickly for that to have been the primary motive.